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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1887-01-20
Never Open Yonr Month

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Vermont soldiers Home.

The Trustees of the Vermont Soldiers Home
met a few days ago for the purpose of further
considering the transfer of the Park Home
property at Windsor. There were present Gen.
William Wells, Chairman Of the Board, Lieut.
Col G. c. Kinsman, of Rutland, Secretary;
Speaker Josiah Grout, of Derby; Col. J. j.
Estey of Brattleboro'; Department Commander
George I. Childs, of st. Adams; Gen. III. X.
Ide and Hon. Franklin Fairbanks, of ST. Johns
bury; Hon. Hugh Henry, of Chester; Hon. A.
b. Valentine, of Bennington; Col. A. S. Tracy
of Middlebury; Maj. J. Q. Stearns, of Bradford !;
Col. Il. NJ. Mansur. of Brighton; Col. A. b.
franklin, of Newfane; ex-Gov. Proctor, of
Proctor, and Frank Kenfeld, of Morrstown.
The committee, consisting of Messrs. Proctor,
Henry, Grout and Estey, appointed to confer
with Col. A. L. Walker, representing the corpo-
ration of the Park Home and the heirs of Trenor
w. Park concerning the conveyance of title to
the Park Home property, reported the quit
claim deed submitted by Col Walker to be sat
isfactory TO them, and the report included q
resolution to the effect THAT we, the Trustees
Of the Soldiers Home, will accept of such deed
as may be hereafter approved by Redfeld Proc
tor and c. G. Kinsman substantially in terms
of the quit-claim deed above referred to, copy
OF which is hereto annexed" The report was
accepted and adopted.
The only unusual provision of the deed is
that when the property shall cease to be used
as Soldiers Home the Legislature at its then
next session shall cause the improvements made
on the property by the Trustees of the Soldiers
Home to be appraised, and if the Trustees OF
the Park Home shall pay the appraised sum in
90 days thereafter the property is to revert to
them, but if they fail TO tender that amount
then the property is to revert to the State to be
used as a charitable or educational institution.
Col. Walker was present and explained the
position of the Trustees of the Park Home,
whom he represented. They desired in the
above section to provide for the possible carry.
ing out of the original idea when the soldiers
had no further use for the Home. 1t is ex-
pected that the Home will be opened about
April /, 1887.
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Comrade Bal,ley Ansvered.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In objecting
to my defense of President Cleveland, Comrade
]. Balsley, Of Seymour, Ind, hints that never
carried musket or knapsack.
Comnde, have carried both in active SER
vice, and as an independent American private
soldier in Livingston's battery wore the red
diamond" of Kearny's old Division, under
Mcclellan. Burnside and Hooker. Do you wish
to compare records l-J. w. @.
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Mr.. Geo. Deuterman, New York city, suffer-
ed nearly month with severe cough, and
having tried several remedies without relief,
finally used Red Star Cough Cure which, he
says, proved speedy and effectual"
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Don't take that cocktail in the morning.
If you have "swolled head, !" nausoated stom-
ach, and unstrung nerves resulting from the
"convivial party last night The sure and
safe way, TO clear the cobwebs from the brain,
recover zest for food, and tone up the nervous
system. is TO use Dr. Pierces Pleasant Purga-
tive Pellets" Sold by all druggists.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1887-01-20

N n OADVpD OfLynn. Mass, is the largest dealer
L. Il, Alkbn, in the world Of Stamping Materi-
ais outfits and all accessories for Ladies' Fancy Work
His illustrated price list Is mailed free.
Mention The National Tribune
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IOWA
MASSACHUSETTS,

The following Camps have been invited to
join Gen. s. c. Lawrence Camp, No. 81, Med
ford, in the celebration of its first anniversary,
on January 81: Jonas G. Wellington Camp,
No. Ia, of Cambridgeport; Lieut.. Nathaniel
Bowditch, go Dorchester; III. VI. Warren 40,
Wakefield and Gen. A. p. Martin Camp, No. 81,
of Everett. 1t is expected that at least 100
members OF the Order will participate in the
festivities of the occasion.
Officers of Charles Sumner Camp, Gardner
Capt, G. l.. Holt; First Lieut., A. E. ]. Hey
wood Second Lieut., f. NJ. Brown. Camp
Council, III. c. Smith, B. w. Rice, Lieut.. Hey
wood
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PEN NNSYLVANIA.

Parker Trent. Somerset Officers of Camp No.
43: Capt, o. q. Ferner; First Lieut., L. L. Fox;
Second Lieut., ]. +. Kanter; First Serg't, Jo-
seph Walker; Q. NJ. s., Horace Walker Our
Camp is in aflourishing condition. with mem
bership of Al. We are partly armed, have q fine
flag and drum corps OF IL; also money in the
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MICHIGAN.

=" Fritz" Rockford: Camp No. 16, of this
place. installed the following officers recently
Capt, George b. Wells; First Lieut., Claude b.
Smith Second Lieut., Frank Bemus; Camp
Council, G. Il. Chapel, Q. X. Cowden, G. b.
Smith Staff. First Serg't, G. Il. Chapel; @.
NJ. S, c. Il. Cowden; S. c., FrankiPayne; G. s.,
Ed Downy; Principal Musician, J. w. Laman
Corp'l. Fred Gaser. The comrades of Webber
Post, No. 237, being present, We gave them q
lunch, which they enjoyed hugely.
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so FINE A BODY OF MEN.
He said, IL was the finest thing have ever
known Of a new regiment. and congratulate
you upon being It's commanding officer" /
shall not cite the numerous favorable nara
tiOns Of the New York daily newspapers that
had their correspondents upon the spot nor
from the illustrations in Hdrper's Weekly and
Frank Leslie, which give the credit of the
charge TO the 9th n. Y.
The correspondents aud artists Of those
journals may have had friends among the OIL
cers and men of my regiment and for that
reason their testimony should not 60 far In
convincing of his error a person Of Mr..
Melch's peculiar mental and moral organiza.
tion.
Perhaps il may not be out Of the way tc
quote few items Of testimony from the rebels
Capt. q. Jennings Wise was captured by my
men and carried 10 farmhouse by them, as
sisted by some Of bis own. lie said addressing
the mem ers Of the 9Th, " You are the only mel
who fought to-day" Another officer Lieut.
Col. Anderson, 59th Va. told me that they th,
rebels were holding out pretty well agains
the attacks Of the other regiments. but you
charge was unexpected as il was sudden ant
when we SAW the red caps coming so rapid,
we concluded il was time 10 get out of th,
way" Several Of the captured rebel private
said they were not whipped at all, but fairl,
scarf out Of their position by that ID red
headed regiment.
Matters went very well with us for about 2
hours. We received warm personal praise
FROM GEN. BURNSIDE,
and when we marched past the camps Of sey
enal regiments on our way back TO emharl
upon our canal boats the men came out an,
cheered, and heard such exclamations as
Hore comes the Louayes; give them thre
cheers"
Here's the red caps, that made the charge.
"Ihems the boys that did the job"
We were without doubt getting pufied n
with conceit, and honestly had come 10 fes
that we were OF the stuff from which heroe
were made, and so, needless morials that W
were, strutted our brief hour upon the heroi
stage. But our condition Of beatitude and sell
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-04

the troops presented arms and paid him
military honors NJ Sadi-Carnot entered
a carriage with Nj. Rouvier and, with
other Ministers in carriages following, the
cortege started at rapid rate for Paris.
An escort of cuirassiers brought up the rear.
The other Senators and Deputies returned
to Paris on special train.
THE NEWS WELL RECEIVED.
The news of the result of the election was
received in Versailles with the greatest en-
thusiasln. A large crowd surrounded the
Congress building throughout the after
noon. Shouts of "Vive Carnot Nive la
Republiquer mingled with various patriotic
cries, continued for long time with un-
abated vigor. NJ. Sadi- Carnot drove direct
from Versailles to the Elysee to take
formal possession of the palace, but
soon retired to his own residence
The inhabitants of that quarter
speedily assembled and greeted the President
with enthusiastic shouts of ''Vive Sadi-
Carnot. "''Vive lie Noveau, President NJ
Sadi-Carnot appeared at a window of his
house and said: IL give you hearty thanks,
citizens, for this evidence of your sympathy.
l beg you to prove by your calm demeanor
and regard for order that you are in truth
worthy to have republican government" "
The speech was hailed with shouts of
''Vive La Republique." The peo-
pie dispersed quietly. Many houses
and shops were Illuminated and decked with
the tri-color tonight. The streets at this
hour are rapidly emptying.
Several Radical papers had their offices
illuminated tonight III honor of the cleo
ton of NJ. Sadi-Carnot. There is general
rejoicing that the Revolutionsts are de-
prived of an excuse for further disorder.
The papers condemn the message sent by
President Grevy to the Chambers yesterday
about his resignation.
NJ. Elouquet has withdrawn his resigna-
tion as President of the Chamber of Depu-
ties.
Military re-inforcements are arriving in
the city.
NJ. Grevy, after his removal from the
Elysee, took up his residence in Avenue
D'Jena.
The RepubIique Froncaise says that the
attempt to ostracize NJ. Ferry is really
aimed at the whole Opportunist party, who,
however, will not allow themselves to be
excluded from sharing in the affairs of the
republic.
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nous opinion of the caucus that no de-
parture from precedent should be made and
that no obstacle to the admission of all the
Senators-elect should be anticipated.
FLAWS IN THE REPUBLICAN CREDENTIALS
The committee also reported that it has
examined all the credentials of the Republi-
can Senators-elect, and found several upon
which objections could legitimately be
based. The facts were laid before the
caucus and discussed, but as the defects were
merely technical, it was determined to make
no objection, unless objections were made
by the Republicans to the admission of the
Democrats. An understanding was reached,
however, that should the admission of any
Democrat be objected to the party would
act as a unit according as circumstances
seem to require. The tone of the speakers
in the caucus was firm without being bellig-
erent.
DEMOCRATIC ADVANTAGE.
1t was made known that the Democrats
held an advantage in the fact that Senator
Jones, of Nevada, is absent and is paired
with Senator Hearst who begins new term,
and is therefore not yet a Senator Upon
request of the Republicans, the caucus at
once assented as proposed by Senator Kenna,
who has charge of the Democratic pairs to
the pairing of Senator Jones with some
Democrat already sworn in. This reduces
the voting strength of each party to twen.
ty-fOur.
Senators Beck and Kenna were elected
respectively chairman and secretary of the
Democratic caucus to serve during the
coming session
REPUBLICAN PLANS.
A rumor is current that the Republicans
have decided to object to the seating of
Senators Turpie, Faulkner, Hearst and
Blodgett, but it is probably without founda-
ton, at least so far as Messrs. Hearst and
Blodgett are concerned. The Republicans
have had no caucus, and several leading
Republicans say they have no knowledge OF
any such purpose A roll call has been
printed for use on Monday containing only
the names of those Senators who have
already been sworn in, fifty in number.
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PRICES1OA A YEAR
/ SCENTS A COPY. !
COUNCILS COLD COMFORT
THE COMMISSIONERS DECLINE TO
GIVE HIM DAMAGES.

They Also Refuse to Award Him
Attorneys Fees-A Ruling That Rail.
roads May Maintain Separate Cars
for Colored People, Provided the
Accommodations Are Equal to Those
for Whites.
WASHINGTON, Dec SIN the case Of
William H. Council VS.. the Western and
Atlantic Railroad Company the Interstate
Commerce Commission to-day made its de.
cision. William II. Council (coloreG),
principal of the Huntsville (Ala.) Industrial
School, bought a first-class ticket over the
Western and Atlantic railroad from Chatta.
nooga TO Atlanta and took a seat in ths
ladies' car, the only passenger car on the
train, except half car, indifferently fitted
up for colored people. Into this Council
was directed to go, but did not go until
forced to do so, and was assaulted and
treated with some violence. as he claimed,
by the agents Of the road, but, as the rail-
road company claimed, by passengers.
COUNCILS COMPLAINT.
Council made complaint of unjust dis
elimination and undue prejudice against
him, and unreasonable preference for others
with the same tickets, and claimed large
for counsel fees The road answered that
it gave Council equally good accommoda-
tions, and that it had right to separate its
white and colored passengers. The opinion
is by Mr. Morrison, Commissioner, and the
Commission decides that it will not go into
the question of jury damages, because it
cannot give jury trial. which the defend
ant is entitled to have under the seventh
amendment to the United States constitu-
tim and that n iG NOT authorized IN axUor1
counsel and attorneys fees, which the court
may do, under the eighth section of the act
to regulate commerce.
SEPARATION OF THE RACES.
Colored people may be assigned separate
cars on equal terms without advantage to
either race, and with increased comfort to
both. That the complainant had paid the
same fare as other first class passengers, and
il was only fair dealing and common hon
esty that he should have the security and
convenience of travel for which his money
had been taken. That the car furnished
was only second class in comforts fer travel,
and the road must furnish colored people
who buy first class tickets accommodations
equally safe and comfortable with other
first class passengers.
OTHER CASES DECIDED.
The following cases were also decided:
The case of W. o. Harwell and others for
the town of Opelika, Ala, VS.. the Columbus
and Western railway of Alabama The
opinion is by Mr.. Walker, Commissioner.
The report finds that Opelika is discrimi-
mated against in favor of Columbus and
Montgomery. The reasons claimed to justi-
fly this are considered and not found
sufficient. The subject of long and short
hauls on Southern roads is discussed at some
length. No order is made, for the reason
that other localities should be heard before
10 final httf fha IafandnvHfc
recommended to revise their tariff gener-
ally. In respect to cotton the Western rail-
way, of Alabama, is ordered to give through
New Orleans rates and bills of lading
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HARPER's FINANCIER1NG.
More Light Thrown on His Napoleonic
Methods.

CINCINNATI, Dec. Be. L. Harper led
his 10-year-old son into court with him this
morning, and the lad sat beside his father
without realizing the solemnity of the
situation. w. H. Chatfield and Sol P. Kin
con, directors of the bank, testified that the
board did not authorize the issue of GER
tificates of deposit to the Chemical National
Bank of New York, nor the payment of
drafts of Chicago grain brokers. The board
had never been consulted with reference to
the issue of any certificates of deposit.
The most breezy witness thus far heard
was Albert p. Gahr, who testified that he
was Secretary of the Swift Iron and Steel
Company, and Secreta ry and Treasurer of
the Riverside Iron and Steel Company;
that the last named company had no assets
when it was organized, and never acquired
any, yet it procured a call loan from the
Fidelity National Bank of 100000 on its
own note, indoIsed by E. l.. Harper.
TRIP TO CHICAGO.
He detailed the circumstances of his trip
to Chicago June II, in company with Mr..
Wiltshire He said he was instructed by
Harper to go, and was told that Mr.. Wilt
shire would get aboard at Cumminsville
with $500. 600. which the witness was to
take charge of and deliver to Mr.. Wiltshire
in Chicago if Mr. Wiltshire could make an
arrangement with Chicago parties. He gave
the package to Mr.. Wiltshire in Chicago
Richard Smith, of the Commercials Co
zette, testified that he went with
Briggs Swift, President, to see Harper and
to ask him about the wheat deal. He said
that he was not in the deal; that he was not
using funds of the bank in the deal, and
that he was not discountiug rates to raise
funds for stress Then Mr. Smith wrote an
editorial, published in the Commercial
Gazette, saying that the officers of the
Fidelity gave assurance of the soundness of
the bank.
]. II. Stewart, trustee and assignee for T..
L. Harper, testified that he found assets
valued at 500, 900. Harper's liabilities were
over 100000
J. II. Waters, general bookkeeper, told of
a New York draft that put $500, 900 to Har
per's credit. He was ordered by Harper to
conceal this fact. June IA Harper ordered
him to put out 81, 100000 to the Chemical
National Bank for discount.
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PENSACOLA POINTERS.
A Woman Shot at the Circus-A Boom
in Real Estate.

PENSACOLA, FLA, Dec. 3.--During the
performance at Barretts circus to-day Mrs.
b. F. Marzoni was hit by pistol bullet.
There is no clew as to who fired the shot,
but it is supposed TO be due to hoodlumism
practiced on the outside Of the canvass by
band of negro boys.
The committee who have in charge, the
soliciting Of subscriptions to the capital
stock of the Pensacola and Memphis rail-
road report favorable progress, and expect
TO close the books in few days with the
requisite $4,000 subscribed. The contem-
plated commencement of the road has
caused unusual activity in real estate, which
amounts to a boom.
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CONTROL OF THE SENATE.
Democrats in Caucus Decide on Their
Course.

WASHINGTON, Dec. "a fully attended
caucus of Democratic Senators convened at
II o'clock to-day to hear the final report of
Its committee appointed to outline the
policy Of the plan of action with regard to
The admission of the new Democratic Sena-
TORS, against whose title some questions
have been raised. The Committee, consist
|ing Of Senators Pugh, Blackburn, Harris
|and Vest, reported that it had carefully
considered all the facts in the cases Of Sena-
|tors Turpie, Of Indiana, Faulkner, of West
virginia, and all the other new Democratic
goenators, and had reached the conclusion
nat all were fully entitled to their seats.
ALL ENTITLED TO THEIR SEATS.
The merits of each case having been dis
fussed by the caucus, it was unanimously
resolved that the entire list of new Demo
rahc Senators were entitled TO their seats,
ma that in so far as the Democrats could
nnuence the matter they should be sworn
on Monday when the other new Senators
tre called to take their oaths. Nothing be-
ond this was determined upon in connec-
on with the matter, it being the unani-
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He Passed Off Bad Money.

DANvILLE, VA, Dec. 3.-A white man
named Charles Meyers was arrested here
to-day. and taken before United States
Commissioner A. c. Lewis, charged with
circulating old notes of the defunct Meek
lenburg IN. C.) Bank. After hearing con-
siderable testimony the Com missioner re-
served his decision until Monday. Many Of
these old notes have been passed off as
United States currency. Meyers claimed
that some of them were passed off on him.
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Western Unions Taxes.

Boston, Dec. 3.--A few days ago decis-
ion in favor of Massachusetts in the case Of
the Commonwealth VS.. the Western Union
Telegraph Company, suit to recover $4,000,
being the amount Of taxes imposed on the
Western Union in 1886, was rendered The
Western Union Company has now appealed
to the Supreme Court of the United States
The company is fighting tax collectors in
other States, and the final decision Of this
caea will he avyaited with interest
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London's Disturbers.

LONDON, Dec. 3.---The police authorities
have warned the..Socialist Federation Coun-
Gil that the order prohibiting any demon
stration in Trafalgar Square or procession
on the streets leading thereto still remain in
force, and that any attempt to defy it will
be suppressed. The Radical club disap-
proves of any such demonstrations, and it
Is probable that none will occur tomorrow.
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THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.

The Congress of Senators and Deputies to
elect a successor to President Grevy was
opened at 2 o'clock by NJ. le Royer, Presi-
dent of the Senate, who declared that the
national Assembly was duly constituted to
elect a President. Deputy Michelin, an
irreconcilable, asked leave to make mo-
ton, but the President refused to allow him
to do SO, declaring that the Assembly was an
electoral college
Paul de Cassagnac observed that the
Assembly was sovereign.
NJ. Gautier contested the competency of
the President to limit the Assembly's rights.
President Leroyer replied: II take my
stand on the constitution M. Michelin
wished to propose to revise the constitution.
The President again declined to allow M.
Michelin's proposal to be made, and the lat
ter entered a protest. The matter was then
dropped.
The balloting for the election OF a Presi-
dent began at 2:15 o'clock. The first ballot
racultad.